Archive for the ‘Fuel Economy’ Category
Monday, January 21st, 2008
The world's major economies responded yesterday to a plea by the United States for an injection of oil and petrol to ease its growing energy crisis.
All 26 members of the International Energy Agency (IEA) including the UK agreed to take collective action last night by releasing 2 million barrels of ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Continuing competitive pressure is expected to hold ticket prices steady, resulting in a slight drop in the amount of money the airlines collect per passenger per mile, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.
Overall, the FAA said it expects 501 million domestic trips this year, and growth of about 4 percent annually, ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
Recent reports from China indicate that the government will set tough fuel economy standards based upon vehicle weight starting in 2005, with a further tightening in 2008. China's standards will force each model to comply with a target fuel economy rather than using a formula that permits averaging as in ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NUTSA) lias re-quested additional authority to raise fuel economy standards. Under last year's energy hill, NIITSA wa ordered to study how it could reduce the energy consumption ol the nation's cars and trucks In the 2014 model year. The report turned in to Congress ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
"This was the year that fuel economy got put on the table," said Jason Mark, transportation director for the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The key question is how the auto industry deals with it in the coming year."
Ford Motor Co. made a big splash in July when it announced a ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
Make it comfortable, meaning roomy to most people, and the vehicle typically grows bigger, becomes less maneuverable, and burns more fuel. Make it smaller, and some people fear that you're tampering with safety. Add technology to improve performance, economy, and safety at the same time, and the price goes through ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
The cars going into America's junkyards today are more fuel-efficient than those in the showrooms, which was hardly Congress' intent when it passed the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) law in 1975. CAFE, which holds car companies to a strict fuel economy limit and fines them if they exceed it, ...
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